Living in uncertainty due to floods and pollution: the health status and quality of life of people living on an unhealthy riverbank

• Main Authors: Fredrick Dermawan Purba (Author), Joke A. M. Hunfeld (Author), Titi Sahidah Fitriana (Author), Aulia Iskandarsyah (Author), Sawitri S. Sadarjoen (Author), Jan J. V. Busschbach (Author), Jan Passchier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background People living on the banks of polluted rivers with yearly flooding lived in impoverished and physically unhealthy circumstances. However, they were reluctant to move or be relocated to other locations where better living conditions were available. This study aimed to investigate...